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Show Thehiift Booke'of thefirftpart Cuba Gia PRG, oftheFiftorieoftheWorlds Hauing-thus concludedjheneuertheleffe wentfaiseandiorderly. ro worke :-,and begin- Car. IIL ting witheehofe that lay'nextin his way,approaching vatoSaguntam by,degrees, ‘This hedid(faitln Liaéey toate fomecolourto his praceedingsnas iffie had-not principally: intendedthewarreapainft Saguntupr,buthad been, drawne thither-by;courfeiof bufineffe. Yerreafon teacheth plainly; that without regard offuch fotimalitiess ixwas needfalltofiniflytleconqueft ofchereft; before hd didany-thingehatifhould prouoke the Ofthefecond Punick Warre. Romans:es FirftiA thereforeihe vponthe!Ferritoticiofthe:s Olcades;andhhaning bes3 +, people ea creer Re ented « z E : pene " §. I. fieged Alchzea(Daveeullethir Cyrceiaheivchiefa Cikie, he became,in.a few dayes,Mag((aith stepbas The warres ofHannibalin Spsine, Quarrels betwpeene the Romans and Carthaginians, Han- fiér,notonely chetof{bur fiallitheothertdwnes oftheir Conntries his Nation, which 7") *€¢ the viinibal Leftegeth and taketh Saguntum, whileft the Romans are byfied with she IllyHass» |, Warreproclaimed between Rome ana Carthage. he fir vadertooke,sbeihg fubducdjandchéwinreriat hand: :berefted:his Armic.in News pepeg Caithagejor Carthagenayand imparted liberally ed the Souldiers, the piles: he had delcription of gotteni hislate'conquett. Aanibal, the fonne of Amilcar,was aboutfixe and twentyyeersold, when he was chofen Generall ofthe Carthaginian forcesin Spain, He waselected by the Armie,as foone as 4/drubal was dead : and the election was ratified by the State of Carthage; wherewith { Hannoand his Complices were nothing pleafed. This was now ro4 ide iat Fales coneet Inthe Spring following) he punfiied: the warreagainft thé * Vacceizand withoutanyfound eli great difficulti¢;wat firttSalmanticalnow called Salamancasand.afterit,> Arbuealayby Tash antbg aflault:chough riot wwithoura longdiegeyahd.grent difficulry. ‘But.in his returne,hewas fom= putto the height,both of his courage, and of his Martiall iudgement, Forjall.fuch-of Carthage. the Vacceijas were ableto beare'anmes, beiig made'defperate,by'the {poileioftheir antoe country,with thofeof Salamanca,andiofthe Oleades,that had efcaped inthejlate quer? 6 Acbucala, or me the third ofthe Barchine family (fo called of Camilcar, whofe fur- egg Name was Barcas) that hadcommandin chiefe, oucr the men of throw,ioyning themfelues with the Tolerans; compounded, anAmie. of an hundred Albricalsan warre. Which honour would perhaps haue beeneleffe enuied,b 20 thoufandable men!andftayed. Hazwiha/on the bankes of the River Fagus) which runt iheVaccat Ti _ hethtothe Seaby Lisbornein Portugale; Thefe foure Nations;hauing hadiexperience Argon. ofHannibalsinuincible couragejand thathe neuer faw enemy;vpon whombeduttt not thee domefticall enemies; ifthe Allies and Friends ofthe Barchine houfe, had not alfo2@ bortie the whole fway in await and been the onely men regarded, both by the Senate atid the people. This generall good will, as it was firft purchafed by themoft worthy deferts ofAmilcar, in fauing his Countric from imminentruine,inlarging the Dominion thereof,andinrichingit with treafiures and great reucnues;fo wasitretained by the fame good arts,amonghis friends and followers.Hannatherefore, and his Parti- giuecharge.werethroighly refolued;thathis naturall valour would at this timeno Jeff neglect the cold aduifeofdifcretion, than atorhertimesit had {eemed to doe,|when the like' great "occafion perfwaded him tovfe ir. But herhat makes himfelfe a boy fans,being neither able to taxethe vertue oftheir enemies, that was vnreproucable,nar dy of Chryftall,that allmen may lookthroughi him, and difcerne all the partsof, his ofnot prouoking the Romans,This they feafoned other-whiles with detraion;faying, ploussyet they are like Coffers with double bottomes: which when others lookeinta, 3° bein opened;they fee notall thatthey: hold,on the fudden,and at once. Itis,true, that difpofition; makes himfelfewithall)an Affe andthereby teacheth others,either how to petformethelike feruices vnto the Conimon-weale; had nothingleft, wherebyto valuc themfelues, excepting the gencral! reprehenfion of Warre, and cautelousaduice toride,or driue him.Wifemen,though they hauefingle hearts in all that.is iuft and vei» thatthe Barchine faction went about to opprefie the libertic ofthe Citic, Buttheirma- | licious words were varegarded; and ifit were fa@ious,to beareill willro Rome, then? were all the Citizens(very few excepted) no leffe Barchine,than Hannibal himfelfe.For it Was longfince apparant,that the oath ofthe Romans,to the articles ofpeace,afforded this fubtile Carthaginian;when he'fertted vnder A/arubal, was, of allithe men of marke inthe Armie, the moft aduenturous.But that which may befeemea Capraine,orinferiourCommander, doth notalwaies becomea Ghiefe; thoughit hath fomerimefuccees dedwell with fuch great ones; as hane beene,foundimorefortunate,than wile, At this Hofeciiritic to Carthage,were the tieiiet fo quict,and officious; valeffe fhe would yecld time,our great Man of warre knew as well howto diffemble his courage, .as,atvother to becometheir Subie@.Since therfore the peace wasliketo hold no longer,than vat the Romanscould finde fome good aduantage,to renew the yvarte: it was ratherde red by the Carthaginians,that whileft their owneftate was in good cafe, the vvarre fhould timestomake it good:For he vvith-drew himfelfe from the:Riner-fide, -asif| fearefull to foord it; therebyto draw ouerthat great multitude, from their bankes, of aduan+ tage. The Spaniardsyapprehending this in fuchi fort, as Hampibal defired that. they begin;than that in fome vnhappytimeoffamine orpeltilence, or after fome great loffe of Armieor Fleet, they fhould be driuen to yeeld vnto the impudent demands oftheir thould; thiufttheméelues.in furieand. diforder; into the fwift ftreame, with 'a pur» # pofe to charge the. Carthaginians, abandoning (asthey thought for feare) the defen- enemies;and to gine awaybafely their lands and treafures, asthey had lately done; oF cesonthe contrary fide.' But when Hasnibal fav. themintheir yvay, and vvell ,neart Ouet ; he turned backethis Elephants to entertaine themat:their landing': and thruft miferablyfight,vpon tearmesof difaduantage, ; This difpofition ofhis countrimen, Hannibal well ynderftood. Neither was heignorant(forhis father,and other frtends, had long time deuifed ofthis bufineffe) that making watwith the Romans,it was no {mall aduantageto get the ftart ofthem.1 a he could bring an Armic into Italie,without moleftation; there was good hope,that 0¢ thould finde friends and affiftance, euen ofthofe people,thar helped to increaft the Ro manarmies in forreigne wats.Butthis could neuerbeeffected,ifthe matter vvere open: ly difputed at Carthage.Forit was to be doubted,thatthe Carthaginians how gat a uer they would be,to hear that he had fer the war on foor,would neyerthe 1G ffebe ste se and timorous,as conimonly menare in the be inning of great entérprifes, ifthems were refertredto their deliberation.Which ifit fhould happen; then were the ae liketo bemadeacquainted,nor dnély with the generalities of his" purpof, - This fuch particulars'as muft be difcourfed of,in procuring allowance, to his defignt. wien might {irffice to diforderthe whole Proieé. Wherefore, he refolued to lay liege nly Saguntum,which mightfeeme not greatly to concernethe Romans, and would eae pleafeshe Carchaginians,that had freth in minde the indignitie of that Spanilh To ce with their halfe friends.Sofhould he affaic both the patience ofhis ¢ aad thedifpofition ofhis owneCitizens, : Hiswiog : is Horfe-mien, both aboue and ‘beneath them,into the River. Thefe cattying a kinde of Lance degay, fharpe at bothends, which they held in the middeft ofthie ftaffe, had firch an aduantage ouerthe foot, that were inthe Riuer, vadertheir ftrokes, clattered together,and vnableto mone or fhitft their bodies, as.on firme ground.:, that they flueall thofe,(in a manner) without refiftance; vvhichvvere already ented in- tothevvater; and purfued the reftythat fled likemen amazed, with: fo. greatia flaughter, as from that day forward,there was not any-Spaniard,onthatfide the Riuer ofIbe- Pamsithe Saguntines excepted)that had the daring to lift vp their hands againft the Cavaginians. TheSaguntines/perceiningthe danger towatdsthem; cryed before they werehurt. They fent Embaffadours to Rome, and bemioaned themfclues,as' likely to: fiuffer that, Which afterwards'they fuffered indeed; onely becaufe oftheir alliancé and friendthip With this honourable Citie, which the Carthaginians hated. This tale moutdthe SeHate,butriich morea report,that Saguntum was aleady befieged, Hereupon fome cry Out, that Warre thould be proclaimed by Land and Sea; ‘as,alfo that the two Confils thould be fent with Armies,the onelinto Spainesthe other into Afticks But others went Sfifs more |